GAME THREAD: NBA: DETROIT (14-6) at MEMPHIS (6-14)

NBA: DETROIT at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">NBA DETROIT 103
MEMPHIS 95 2:28 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA DETROIT 107
MEMPHIS 98 0:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA DETROIT 113
MEMPHIS 103 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DETROIT 37 24 29 23 113
MEMPHIS 22 26 26 29 103 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: DET - CHAUNCEY BILLUPS 28, RICHARD HAMILTON
27, TAYSHAUN PRINCE 19
MEM - RUDY GAY 20, PAU GASOL 18, KYLE LOWRY 18</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
DETROIT 113
MEMPHIS 103 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">DETROIT (113) AT MEMPHIS (103)

DETROIT

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R HAMILTON G 41:10 11-16 5-7 2 3 5 3 3 1 2 27
C BILLUPS G 38:38 7-15 12-12 1 4 5 14 2 3 1 28
T PRINCE F 35:16 6-18 6-6 2 5 7 5 1 0 0 19
J MAXIELL F 30:25 7-8 1-1 3 2 5 1 4 0 2 15
A MCDYESS C 25:16 3-7 1-2 1 5 6 0 5 0 0 7
R WALLACE 30:09 3-11 2-4 0 5 5 2 4 3 0 8
J HAYES 12:44 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
N MOHAMMED 10:10 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 0
L HUNTER 9:22 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3
A AFFLALO 6:50 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4

TOTALS 240:00 41-81 27-32 9 29 38 29 25 9 8 113
(.506) (.844) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 9 (0 PTS)

MEMPHIS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

D STOUDAMIRE G 15:06 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3
M MILLER G 39:12 1-4 3-3 2 9 11 4 1 0 3 5
P GASOL F 40:57 6-12 5-7 1 7 8 5 4 0 0 18
R GAY F 38:00 8-17 3-4 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 20
D MILICIC C 25:45 6-12 0-1 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 12
K LOWRY 32:54 6-12 4-4 1 2 3 2 4 0 5 18
J NAVARRO 19:22 4-8 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 8
H WARRICK 17:22 4-7 9-10 2 4 6 0 0 1 0 17
S SWIFT 11:22 1-3 0-2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 37-79 24-31 12 30 42 15 21 2 13 103
(.468) (.774) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 13 (0 PTS)

DETROIT 37 24 29 23 - 113
MEMPHIS 22 26 26 29 - 103

BLOCKED SHOTS: DETROIT - R WALLACE 2, N MOHAMMED, R HAMILTON, T PRINCE,
J MAXIELL. MEMPHIS - S SWIFT, M MILLER, R GAY, K LOWRY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DETROIT 4-15 (.267), R HAMILTON 0-1, C BILLUPS 2-
5, T PRINCE 1-3, R WALLACE 0-4, J HAYES 0-1, L HUNTER 1-1. MEMPHIS 5-
14 (.357), D STOUDAMIRE 1-2, M MILLER 0-1, P GASOL 1-1, R GAY 1-3,
K LOWRY 2-4, J NAVARRO 0-3.
TECHNICAL FOULS: DETROIT - TEAM. MEMPHIS - TEAM 3, COACH IAVARONI.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
A - 11,962. T - 2:16.</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">DETROIT (113)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Hamilton 41:10 11-16 5-7 2-5 3 3 27
C Billups 38:38 7-15 12-12 1-5 14 2 28
T Prince 35:16 6-18 6-6 2-7 5 1 19
J Maxiell 30:25 7-8 1-1 3-5 1 4 15
A McDyess 25:16 3-7 1-2 1-6 0 5 7
R Wallace 30:09 3-11 2-4 0-5 2 4 8
J Hayes 12:44 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2
N Mohammed 10:10 0-0 0-0 0-3 1 3 0
L Hunter 9:22 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3
A Afflalo 6:50 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 0 4

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 41-81 27-32 9-38 29 25 113
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.506, FT-.844. 3-Point Goals:
4-15, .267 (R Hamilton 0-1, C Billups 2-5, T
Prince 1-3, R Wallace 0-4, J Hayes 0-1, L
Hunter 1-1). Team Rebounds: 6. Blocked
Shots:6 (R Wallace 2, N Mohammed, R Hamilton,
T Prince, J Maxiell). Turnovers:8 (L Hunter
2, R Hamilton 2, J Maxiell 2, C Billups, J
Hayes). Steals: 9 (R Wallace 3, C Billups 3,
L Hunter, N Mohammed, R Hamilton).


MEMPHIS (103)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Stoudamire 15:06 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3
M Miller 39:12 1-4 3-3 2-11 4 1 5
P Gasol 40:57 6-12 5-7 1-8 5 4 18
R Gay 38:00 8-17 3-4 3-8 3 1 20
D Milicic 25:45 6-12 0-1 1-3 0 2 12
K Lowry 32:54 6-12 4-4 1-3 2 4 18
J Navarro 19:22 4-8 0-0 0-0 0 4 8
H Warrick 17:22 4-7 9-10 2-6 0 0 17
S Swift 11:22 1-3 0-2 2-3 1 2 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 37-79 24-31 12-42 15 21 103
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.468, FT-.774. 3-Point Goals:
5-14, .357 (D Stoudamire 1-2, M Miller 0-1, P
Gasol 1-1, R Gay 1-3, K Lowry 2-4, J Navarro
0-3). Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:4 (S
Swift, M Miller, R Gay, K Lowry).
Turnovers:13 (K Lowry 5, M Miller 3, J
Navarro 2, D Stoudamire, D Milicic, R Gay).
Steals: 2 (H Warrick, R Gay).

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DETROIT 37 24 29 23 - 113
MEMPHIS 22 26 26 29 - 103
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Detroit - 1 (Team, 3:38
1st). Memphis - 4 (Team, 0:56 1st; Team, 9:36
1st; Team, 3:44 3rd; COACH Iavaroni, 0:23
4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 11,962. T: 2:16.</div>

 

By Shawn Pachucki
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- The Detroit Pistons jumped outearly and held on late to hand the Memphis Grizzlies theirfifth straight loss, 113-103, on Tuesday.


Chauncey Billups scored 28 points and dished out 14 assists andRichard Hamilton added 27 points for the Pistons, who have wonseven of their last eight games and four straight away fromhome.


Billups caught fire early, scoring 18 points in the first halfas Detroit jumped out to a 61-48 lead at the half, whileHamilton scored 16 over the final 24 minutes.


Detroit closed the first quarter on a 10-0 run to push the leadto 37-22 at the end of one.


Billups hit his fifth consecutive shot on the Pistons' firstpossession of the second, starting an 8-2 spurt that led to a43-24 advantage less than three minutes into the period. Thelead ballooned to 24 points midway through the second.

The Grizzlies' reserve guard duo of Kyle Lowry and Juan CarlosNavarro combined for 18 points in the second, including 11 overthe final 4:44 when Memphis trimmed its deficit to 13 enteringthe break.


Perhaps playing with some added motivation, Pistons castoffDarko Milicic was Memphis' primary source of offense early on.

Detroit's No. 2 overall draft pick in 2003, Milicic made 6-of-10shots for 12 points in the opening quarter but was heldscoreless on just two shots the rest of the way.


After Memphis went on a 12-3 run to cut Detroit's lead to 80-69,Hamilton buried a 16-foot jumper with 2:13 left in the thirdquarter, then drilled another from 23 feet 50 seconds later -helping push the Pistons to a 16-point advantage heading intothe fourth.


Memphis put on a fourth-quarter surge to close the gap to108-101 with 24 seconds remaining in the game, but Billupsknocked down three consecutive free throws to put the game away.

Lowry and Hakim Warrick scored eight points each in the finalquarter for the Grizzlies.


Starting for Rasheed Wallace, who was suffering from flu-likesymptoms prior to the game, forward Jason Maxiell posted 15points on 7-of-8 shooting for the Pistons, who shot 51 percent(41-of-81) and recorded 29 assists.

 

NBA: DETROIT at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">DETROIT (113) AT MEMPHIS (103)

DETROIT

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R HAMILTON G 41:10 11-16 5-7 2 3 5 3 3 1 2 27
C BILLUPS G 38:38 7-15 12-12 1 4 5 14 2 3 1 28
T PRINCE F 35:16 6-18 6-6 2 5 7 5 1 0 0 19
J MAXIELL F 30:25 7-8 1-1 3 2 5 1 4 0 2 15
A MCDYESS C 25:16 3-7 1-2 1 5 6 0 5 0 0 7
R WALLACE 30:09 3-11 2-4 0 5 5 2 4 3 0 8
J HAYES 12:44 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
N MOHAMMED 10:10 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 0
L HUNTER 9:22 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3
A AFFLALO 6:50 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4
R MURRAY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
A JOHNSON DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 41-81 27-32 9 29 38 29 25 9 8 113
(.506) (.844) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 9 (11 PTS)

MEMPHIS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

D STOUDAMIRE G 15:06 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3
M MILLER G 39:12 1-4 3-3 2 9 11 4 1 0 3 5
P GASOL F 40:57 6-12 5-7 1 7 8 5 4 0 0 18
R GAY F 38:00 8-17 3-4 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 20
D MILICIC C 25:45 6-12 0-1 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 12
K LOWRY 32:54 6-12 4-4 1 2 3 2 4 0 5 18
J NAVARRO 19:22 4-8 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 8
H WARRICK 17:22 4-7 9-10 2 4 6 0 0 1 0 17
S SWIFT 11:22 1-3 0-2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 2
B CARDINAL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C JACOBSEN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T KINSEY DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 37-79 24-31 12 30 42 15 21 2 13 103
(.468) (.774) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 13 (13 PTS)

DETROIT 37 24 29 23 - 113
MEMPHIS 22 26 26 29 - 103

BLOCKED SHOTS: DETROIT - R WALLACE 2, N MOHAMMED, R HAMILTON, T PRINCE,
J MAXIELL. MEMPHIS - S SWIFT, M MILLER, R GAY, K LOWRY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DETROIT 4-15 (.267), R HAMILTON 0-1, C BILLUPS 2-
5, T PRINCE 1-3, R WALLACE 0-4, J HAYES 0-1, L HUNTER 1-1. MEMPHIS 5-
14 (.357), D STOUDAMIRE 1-2, M MILLER 0-1, P GASOL 1-1, R GAY 1-3,
K LOWRY 2-4, J NAVARRO 0-3.
TECHNICAL FOULS: DETROIT - DEFENSIVE THREE. MEMPHIS - DEFENSIVE THREE
3, COACH IAVARONI.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
A - 11,962. T - 2:16.</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">DETROIT (113)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Hamilton 41:10 11-16 5-7 2-5 3 3 27
C Billups 38:38 7-15 12-12 1-5 14 2 28
T Prince 35:16 6-18 6-6 2-7 5 1 19
J Maxiell 30:25 7-8 1-1 3-5 1 4 15
A McDyess 25:16 3-7 1-2 1-6 0 5 7
R Wallace 30:09 3-11 2-4 0-5 2 4 8
J Hayes 12:44 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2
N Mohammed 10:10 0-0 0-0 0-3 1 3 0
L Hunter 9:22 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3
A Afflalo 6:50 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 0 4
R Murray DNP - COACH'S DECISION
A Johnson DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 41-81 27-32 9-38 29 25 113
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.506, FT-.844. 3-Point Goals:
4-15, .267 (R Hamilton 0-1, C Billups 2-5, T
Prince 1-3, R Wallace 0-4, J Hayes 0-1, L
Hunter 1-1). Team Rebounds: 6. Blocked
Shots:6 (R Wallace 2, N Mohammed, R Hamilton,
T Prince, J Maxiell). Turnovers:8 (L Hunter
2, R Hamilton 2, J Maxiell 2, C Billups, J
Hayes). Steals: 9 (R Wallace 3, C Billups 3,
L Hunter, N Mohammed, R Hamilton).


MEMPHIS (103)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Stoudamire 15:06 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3
M Miller 39:12 1-4 3-3 2-11 4 1 5
P Gasol 40:57 6-12 5-7 1-8 5 4 18
R Gay 38:00 8-17 3-4 3-8 3 1 20
D Milicic 25:45 6-12 0-1 1-3 0 2 12
K Lowry 32:54 6-12 4-4 1-3 2 4 18
J Navarro 19:22 4-8 0-0 0-0 0 4 8
H Warrick 17:22 4-7 9-10 2-6 0 0 17
S Swift 11:22 1-3 0-2 2-3 1 2 2
B Cardinal DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C Jacobsen DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T Kinsey DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 37-79 24-31 12-42 15 21 103
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.468, FT-.774. 3-Point Goals:
5-14, .357 (D Stoudamire 1-2, M Miller 0-1, P
Gasol 1-1, R Gay 1-3, K Lowry 2-4, J Navarro
0-3). Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:4 (S
Swift, M Miller, R Gay, K Lowry).
Turnovers:13 (K Lowry 5, M Miller 3, J
Navarro 2, D Stoudamire, D Milicic, R Gay).
Steals: 2 (H Warrick, R Gay).

--------------------------------------------
DETROIT 37 24 29 23 - 113
MEMPHIS 22 26 26 29 - 103
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Detroit - 1 (Defensive
Three, 3:38 1st). Memphis - 4 (Defensive
Three, 0:56 1st; Defensive Three, 9:36 1st;
Defensive Three, 3:44 3rd; COACH Iavaroni,
0:23 4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 11,962. T: 2:16.</div>

 

By Shawn Pachucki
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- The Detroit Pistons jumped outearly and held on late to hand the Memphis Grizzlies theirfifth straight loss, 113-103, on Tuesday.


Chauncey Billups scored 28 points and dished out 14 assists andRichard Hamilton added 27 points for the Pistons, who have wonseven of their last eight games and four straight away fromhome.


Billups caught fire early, scoring 18 points in the first halfas Detroit jumped out to a 61-48 lead at the half, whileHamilton scored 16 over the final 24 minutes.


Hamilton's jumper with 7:32 to play gave the Pistons a 100-82lead, but Pau Gasol's three-point play capped a 16-7 run andpulled the Grizzlies back into the game.


After Rasheed Wallace answered with an 18-foot fadeaway andfollowed a free throw by Kyle Lowry with a pair of his own a minutelater, Billups hit three straight from the line to ice the gamewith 23 seconds to go.


"We came out and wanted to be aggressive. We knew they liked torun and gun, and as you see, if you let them get confidence,they can be very dangerous. We let them do that in the fourth,"said Billups, who is averaging nearly 25.0 points and 9.0assists in Detroit's last three games. "But, basically, we camein and were able to have our way, and offensively we got a lotgoing."


After Memphis went on a 12-3 run to cut Detroit's lead to 80-69,Hamilton buried a 16-foot jumper with 2:13 left in the thirdquarter, then drilled another from 23 feet 50 seconds later -helping push the Pistons to a 16-point advantage heading intothe fourth.


"We just knew we had to come out and be aggressive with thisteam tonight, and I think we were able to do that," Hamiltonsaid.


Hamilton, who finished 11-of-15 from the field, also came up bigon the defensive end chasing Grizzlies sharpshooter MikeMiller all over the court and holding him to just five points on1-of-4 shooting.


"We've talked a lot about the offense and trying to exploitother teams' weaknesses at their defensive end. On thecontrary, we do a lot defensively to try and take away teams'offensive threats," Detroit coach Flip Saunders said. "If wecan do that, we feel like we're going to have a pretty goodchance to get shots."


Detroit closed the first quarter on a 10-0 run to push the leadto 37-22 at the end of one.


Billups hit his fifth consecutive shot on the Pistons' firstpossession of the second, starting an 8-2 spurt that led to a43-24 advantage less than three minutes into the period.

Detroit's lead ballooned to 24 points midway through the second.

The Grizzlies' reserve guard duo of Lowry and Juan CarlosNavarro combined for 18 points in the second, including 11 overthe final 4:44 when Memphis trimmed its deficit to 13 enteringthe break.


"I like the way our guys hung in there," Grizzlies coach MarkIavaroni said. "We got the lead down, and then we made somecostly mistakes with transition defense. I think we got a goodgrade in persistence but not a good grade in consistency."

Memphis (6-15) finished just under 47 percent from the field andwas outscored, 19-4, in fast-break points.


"We have to get back on our principles, getting back on defenseevery time no matter what," said Rudy Gay, who led the Grizzlieswith 20 points, 16 of which came in the second half. "Sayingwe're a young team is getting old fast. We have to gel fast andstart getting better."


Gasol and Lowry added 18 apiece for the Grizzlies, who droppedtheir fifth straight game.


The Pistons (15-6) shot 51 percent from the field and recorded29 assists on 41 made field goals.


Forward Tayshaun Prince snapped out of a three-game funk inwhich he was averaging just 6.0 points, scoring 19 to go withseven rebounds.


Starting for Wallace, who was suffering from flu-likesymptoms prior to the game, forward Jason Maxiell posted 15points on 7-of-8 shooting for the Pistons, who shot 51 percent(41-of-81) and recorded 29 assists.